Cities are evolving in the face of new demographic, environmental and societal constraints. With four days to go before the second round of the French municipal elections, it is urgent to grasp the multiple challenges of the transformation of our living spaces. Those related to digitalisation, the fight against climate change, mobility, etc.
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Today, the United States is crumbling under the weight of two pandemics: coronavirus and police brutality. Both are causing physical and psychological violence. Both kill and disproportionately injure black and brown people. And both are driven by the technology that we are designing, redirecting...
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On Wednesday, May 27, four associations, Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous, Wild Legal and Maiouri Nature Guyane filed an appeal before the Council of State to obtain the cancellation of the decree of April 8, 2020, which generalizes the right of prefects to derogate from many regulatory standards,
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Some kids have everything, some kids have almost nothing. In France, as in other countries, not everyone experiences confinement in the same way, of course, so great is the diversity of the regions. Many, well housed, will see family ties grow stronger. Others, large families in small spaces, are waiting with their children to be reunited.
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To respond to "dropping out", we must allow young people to express what they experienced during the experience of confinement and give meaning to the school curriculum. If 5% of the 12 million students in France were "lost" during the confinement, that would mean 600,000 students.
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On Tuesday, May 12th, I should be at school... eight weeks after I left you in shock and awe. I should be in school and I don't know what our school will be like then... Will there be white marks drawn in front of each class, one metre apart so that
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May 11, 2020 is the date set by the government for the gradual reopening of schools. In a note of 20 April (1), the Scientific Council recommends to the government the reopening of schools and establishments in September, indicating in another specific opinion that the decision to
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Faced with Emmanuel Macron's statements on the continuation of confinement as of Monday 11 May for "elderly people, severely handicapped people" and "chronically ill people", the polemic highlights a kind of anti-elderly social segregation that is particularly unacceptable. A salutary step backwards
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At the time of Covid-19, 76% of the French teleworkers already miss their offices! Since March 12 when the President of the French Republic announced the closure of schools, nurseries and higher education establishments, the French and their families have been living in confinement. A situation that brings to light some
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What can journalism do in the face of all forms of disinformation? The Fondation Hirondelle, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this March, and UNESCO have just published the manual "Journalism and Disinformation" in French. It provides keys to take a step back from disinformation... Journalism
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In these times of containment, with the spread of the coronavirus and the suspension of classes in schools, teleworking is encouraged in most companies. The result? Parents have to juggle their roles as parents and workers simultaneously. How can parental burnout be avoided? Two researchers
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We are three days away from the first round of the municipal elections in France, marked by a political context punctuated by "business" and by the growing mistrust of citizens towards their leaders. In the context of these municipal elections, Transparency International France, the French section of the Main
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"For a child to remain a child..." How can we help needy, orphaned and hospitalized children financially, materially, culturally and entertainingly around the world? The Kings of the World association is opening a school in Nigeria, offering a parenthesis of cultural and educational activities. This is now an essential step. Created in 2012
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Total plans to locate its research and innovation department in the heart of Polytechnique, a school under the supervision of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. The students are rising up and denouncing the affair because they do not want to associate the school's image with the oil and gas multinational. In spite of the State's supervision, the Grande Ecole
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Challenges in the education sector will not be met by increased funding or spending alone. The important question is: how are educational resources distributed across segments of society? The funding of public education, a service intended to be an equalizer,
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How is information and misinformation disseminated on digital social networks? Jens Koed Madsen, a researcher at the Complex Human-Environment Systems Simulation Group (Cohesys) at the University of Oxford, explained the main cognitive biases induced by users and by algorithms in an interview with the publication "Mediation".
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The latest global survey of the OECD's PISA ranking, launched in 2000, which assesses the quality, equity and efficiency of school systems, has just been released. France remains one of the countries with the highest levels of educational inequality, revealing that the achievements of 15-year-olds are just above the OECD average.
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In contrast to Black Friday on Friday, November 29th, and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday will be celebrated on December 3rd. A spontaneous movement, 100% free and collaborative, Giving Tuesday allows individuals, organizations, media, companies and associations around the world to meet around a common goal
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At a time when the associative sector is wondering about the means to be implemented to perpetuate its action, while public authorities are restructuring the levers of generosity, and faced with the principles of transparency demanded by citizens, the Observatory of Donation in Trust reveals, through a study carried out by
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The right to oblivion and neighbouring rights, two cases of very different natures have brought Google, the giant of search engines, into conflict with European justice. In both cases, one in which it is condemned and the other not, Google is trying to play the game as finely as possible. It does so by
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